What's Growing in the garden: eggplant

The eggplant is a fruit (it has seeds inside) that grows primarily in late summer to mid-autumn. The eggplant is closely related to the tomato and potato. Eggplants are made up of 95% water. They have numerous small seeds which are edible, but have a sour taste. In some parts of the world, eggplants are known as brinjal.


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Fruit of eggplant belongs to the family group of berries.

Some varieties of eggplant can be white, lavender, green, or red-striped. This fruit can be elongated, rounded, or pea-shaped.

The name eggplant comes from India, where at the time, a small, white, egg-like variety of the vegetable was all the rage. The plant is native to southern India.